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Q: Hi Ed -- under other circumstances (meaning if the defense had not forgotten how to tackle or catch balls), then I would have thought Mike Tomlin's onside kick to be absurd. However, considering how they have lost most of their games, don't you think the call was smart? It gave them a chance to get the ball at best, and at worst, it shortened the field so the Packers could not just eat up the clock before they scored the inevitable touchdown.

Rob Pierce, Albuquerque, N.M.

BOUCHETTE: If indeed that was the thinking, then they should have let the Packers score on their first play from the 39 and not allowed them to take six plays and nearly two minutes to score. Green Bay almost did not score fast enough to allow the plan to work.

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